As recommended by the BVR Mohan Reddy Committee, the AICTE has extended the moratorium for establishment of new engineering institutes by two years. However, the council has announced cer tain exceptions to this move.
The exceptions include considering state government to start new Polytechnics in Conventional/Emerging/Multidisciplinary/Vocational areas including PPP mode; proposals from any industry with a minimum annual turnover of Rs 5000 crore (in preceding three years) registered as Trust/Society/Company established under Section 8 of the Company Act, 2013, and philanthropical organisations existing for over 25 years and running other educational institutes with minimum enrolment of 10,000 students and NIRF ranking (if applicable) within 100 in the preceding year. Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman, AICTE, says, "These exceptions confirm that only time-tested organisations can start a new engineering institute." But just meeting any of these three qualifiers is not enough. "Infrastructure quality will also matter. Post AICTE nod, new institutes have to ascertain that at least 60% of their programmes get accreditations for two batches after their initiation. Once they are eligible for NIRF rankings, they must crack the top 100 ranks within a stipulated time," he adds.
Published on :- Times of India
Date :- 11/04/2022
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